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pe - tv. sLail lo:ie all rrf , tt. of exacting any hire; such ho oe given gratis to poor families till Pe L hristma;:, sbal pay a fine correspond in - o the rent, fur the benefit of such poor fa- milies. GOTTENBUR G H MAIL. 'RIGA, OCT. 6.—Ct.unt Guttorp has arrived here from St. Peierstcirgit. Pre' ions to his departure, be addressed a letter to the King ai,d Diet of Swe den, wherein he upbraids them with their recent, choice of a Crown,Prinee, which he terms ignoini— nious and disgraceful' in the highest degree, and con sigrs ti,e Government to eternal oblivion and con tempt, as unwoithy of the consideration of their lawful Monarch. COPENHAGEN. OCT. s.—The patriotic refusal of our Government to the demand of the Emperor I.Vapoleon, for the admission of 30,000 French troops lino this Island, has been modified into an agree ment to allow 3000 troops to pass over at one time : these will immediately proceed to Helsing bourg, and will, in suc,ession, be folio sed by other divisions, to the above amount. GOTTENBURGII, OCT. 10.—Monsieur de Roune house, Consul of his Majesty Napoleon, arrived here last night. Count ,GOttorp is stated to have ar rived at St. Pt tersburgh. OREBRO, OCT. 6.—The day before yesterday ar rived in this place Baron Alquier, French Minister to the Swedish Court ; and yesterday, at two in the afternoon, he had his first audience of. his Royal Mtjrsiy, and delivered his credentials; and at the sa:. r time three insignia of she highest degree of the Legion of Honour, one of which was destined,by his l‘lai sty he Emperor of the French, for the King, who w:!s most graciously pleased to confer the other two on his Excellency Baron Engstrom, Minister for 1 7 ,,reign Affair's, and Baron Alderscrautz, Coun sellor of State. J,,NKOPING, OCT • 6.—Last Wenesday arrived in this General Count E,,sin, with most of the Swedish,Noblemen, woo are to proceed to Hels'in bourgh, to receive s Serene Highness the ['Came Ot Ponte Corvo„lial attend him to the capital.— Yes erday the Archbishop, and the Vice•Cilaiel lor, D Linuohn, passed through this place for tiel sinbupah. N: A I I.S. ARRI ED —z Sweden, i Halifax, z Dublin, z Waterford. Dula - t W:1,,,10rd.. ti 1.1: 6 UN. SoLLM QUIS DICERS lIIALSUM AtiarAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1810. Last night a Gottenburgh Mailarrived, The King of Swedets, we mean the legitimate King, has quit. ted Peter-burgh and arrived at Riga : be bas issued a Proclamation, in which he speaks with just in dignation of the conduct of the Diet of Sweden. It is mentioned in private fetters from Stettin , that the King of Prussia has sought the protection of the Emperor ALIMANDER against the encroach ments of the French. - We fear the time is rapidly approaching in which the Emperor of Russia will rather want protection himself, than be able to af ford it to others. This morning we received American Papers to the 23d ult. but they contain no news whatever. We have received some German Papers to the nth ult. but they contain no intelligence worth ex- tratting. The following account of the distribution of the Frem h naval tome in India, up to the 13th of June, was yesterday received from the Mauritius : The Harriet cartel left Port Napoleon with 150 prisoners of u ar for India. Twenty-two prizes, were then lying in the har bour. Two brio loading for France. The Althea heaving down lobe. loaded for France. Tice Charlton (a captured Indianian) preparing for a guard-ship. • The Venus and La Manche,.. of 44 guns each ; a gr lb brig, of t 6 gnus ; and L'Entreptenante, of 16 guns (i 8 -poundei s), ready for sea on cruizes: L'Astrio, of 54 guns, ready to slip out from Black River. The Engine private ship, 30 guns, and 130 men, .to sail for France in August. La Bellone and La Minerv.e frigates, and Vigor sloop, sailed on the 14th March ; since which three privateers sailed on cruizes. Most of the streets at the West end of the town were illuminated last night. The warehouse at Charing-Cross, belonging to that truly laudable Institution which has been pro duttive of so much good in preventing the Yellow - Fever, was illuminated last night in honour of his, Majesty having completed the _Jubilee Year, in pearly the same beautiful and appropriate manner as on the first night of celebrating this ever-memorable and happy event. Amongst other devices, we ob served a transparency representing a striking like ness of our beloved-Sovereign, round which were (we think' as before) several hearts; in the centre of each was written, in letters of gold, the word " Jay"; and the whole surrounded by the following inscrip tion—" The fiftieth Year of the Reign of George the Third, the best of Kings, a real Patriot, and the only virtuous Sovereign in Europe—All our hearts aTe tilled with joy for thy glorious Reign, 0 King!" CORN-ExcrossiGa, OCT. 26.—There are several fresh arrivals of Wheat coastwise to day, fine in de mand, and somewhat dearer ; Barley in middling supply, and keeps its price; Malt and Beans of each description-continue nearly at our last currency; White Peas are again higher; there are tolerable supplies of Oats, and sales thereof at little variation a Flour no alteration. LOhI'DON GAZLTIE ExrßAbripliv FRIDAY, OCTOIIEIt 26. Downing-street, OL :- /..25, 1810. A Dispatch, of which the fiillowing is an Extra&, was last night received by the Earl of Liverpool, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. E;ttrad of a Letter from Lieut. Col. Keatirig, dated Bour- luiy 21, ISt°. I have much pleasure in forwarding, to your Lord ship.a copy of my dispatch, under this date, to the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India.; and I hope theacotidua of the forces confided to my command may meet with the gracious approbation of his Majesty. To N. B. Edmonstone, Esq. Chief Eci:retary to Govern- SI R, meat, Cdicutta. I have the honour to report that the force; con sisting-of one thousand eight hundred European, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty native troops, which the Right Hon. the Governor-Gene ral of India, in Council, has been pleased to confide to my orders and direetions, 'for the conquest of the Island of Bourbon, arrived at Itoderigues on the . 20th June, at which time I was absent on the inn !• pottant duty which has already been detailed, for the information of his Lordship, in my letter of the 16th of the same month. The intelligence which I then obtained enabled - me at once to decide upon a plan of attack. On the 24th June Commodore Rowley, cotn manding the blockading squadron before the Isles of : France. and Bonaparte, anchored in l,is INbjes:y's ship Boadicea off Fort Duncan, in the Isle of Ruliel igues. No time N - vas lost in making alt.. necessary ar rangements for the reduction of this island, as well . as or carrying ILILO effect the ulterior object of the expedition. . From the unfavourAble state of the weather we were delayed at Itoderigues unill the morning of the 3d instant, when we weighed anchor, and proL cec'ded tu the point of rendezvous, fifty trifles to windwdrd of the Island of Bonap..rte, which point we reached at four . o'clock on the evening of the 6th, when, in consequence of the judicious arrange ments made by Commodore Rowiey, and the inde 7 tatiga. , le zeal and emertions of Captains Pytn of the Sirius., Lambert of the Iphigenia; Curtis of the Ma gicienne, Willoughby of the Nereide, and Lieute nant ilobb, First of the Boadicea, the whole of the troops were removed from the transports and em barked in the frigates, which immediately stood in fir the points of debarkation. It will appear by the disposition made in the plan of attack, for striking the first blow at the enemy's capital, that there were two objeas in view; . first, to prevent a protracted warfare in the interior of a country almost inaccessible to an: invading army.; and secondly, ensure the final redpction of the I•land in the shortest time possible, by securing the princip#Garrison and the Governor and,Commander in Chief, whom I knew to be at St. Denis. The .first brigade composed of his Majeity's 86th : regiment, the first battalion 6th regitnent of Ma dras. Native Infantry, and a small detail of artillery and pioneers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser, was ordered to Lind at Grand Chaloupe, and to proceed by the mountains direct against the West side of the enemy's capital ; whilst the second, third, and fourth brigades were to laud at Riviere • des Pluies, and to force the-lines of defence extend ing from the Butor redohbt on the North or sea ode ; to the redoubt No. 11, on the south, and from thence to cross the fear of the town to the river St. Denis. AbOut two o'clock P. M. on the 7th, the several ships having re:ldled their stations, the beach from St. Marie, to within gun-shot of the Imperial bat tery, was reconnoitred by Captain Willoughby of the Royal Navy, and Lieutenant Colonel Campbell of his Majesty's 33d regiment, commanding the 4th brigade, or the advance. The weather being then Moderate, and 'the ene my not appearing in strength, it was determined to debark the troops. Accordingly, Lieutenant- Colonel Campbell, with one hund , :ed and fifty light troops of his brigade, and Capt. Willoughby of the Royal Navy, commanding a party of seamen, and appointed to superintend tlie landing, immediately pushed off, and landed their men about four o'clock. Lieut. Col. Macleod, of his Majesty's 69th regi ment, commanding 3d brigade, with 14 - A) men, effeded a landing nearly at the same time. But at this moment the wind increasing with much vio lence, raised the surf to an uuexpeEted height, and several boats being stove on the beach, the landing of more troops that evening became impratticable. This important object was not, however, given up, until an experiment, concerted with Commodore Rowley, was put in execution. A small transport (the VA.lney) was run upon the, beach, in hopes that the trbOM might be enabled to land over her stern or under her, lee. This service was performed by Lientenantj.loyd, 2d thc Boadicea, with the usual intrepidity which distioguis our navy ; but the violence of the weather, and natural' difficulties of the situation, ,were such as to fiustrate the in- teutio❑ proposed. It now beCatne necessary, if possible, to commu nicate,with Lieutenat-Colonel Macleod, the senior Officer with the detachment .on shore, which in landing had the whole of their ammunition da maged, and had lost a considerable,number of their arms. Lieutenant Fculstone, of his Majesty's 69th regiment, in the most handsome manner volunteer ing to swim through the surf ; his services were im mediately accepted, and that Officer accordingly conveyed my orders to the Lieutenant-Colonel to take possession of, and occupy St. Marie for the night. This service" was performed by Lieutenant co . ionel Macleod in a masterly and Officer-like man- I felt much anxiety for this detachment during the night; and as the.prahlicability of disembarking more troops to windward appeared to Coturno dure:Rowley, as well as myself, very uncertain, the Aigicienne, having on board the 2d Brigade, was dispatched about ten o'clock, P. M. to Grand Cha loupe, to which place it was determined that the Boadicea, with such trasports as - had military stores on board, should follow in the morning. According to this arrangement Captain Lambert of the fp,ligenia, being left with directions from ComModore Rowley to seize the first. moment of moderate weather to debark that part of the 3d Brigade then on board of his ship, I proceeded with the Commodore in the Boadicea, in the morn ing of the Bth, with t'oe remainder of the 3d and 4th Brigades, and effeaed a landing to leeward, at Grand Chaloupe, about eleven o'clock A. M. With this force under my immediate command, I instantly moved forward by the mountains ; at two o'clock, A. M. passing over the heights, I recon noitred- the .enetrifi position, anc.1 .4 ;7 - four• had fumed the necessary arranz_:ements for the at tack upon his capital. Major Ausi4n, at the head of the .12th and 33d grenadiers, and 12th native infantry, had received his final iustruaions to a , . , .: - ,all .. the town in the rear. Lieutenant-Colonels Macleod of the 69th, arid Campbell of the 33d, had already passed the ene my's strong position on the east of • the town, from the Butor to No. 5. redoubt. Lieutenant-Colonel Charges was well advanced' towards the west of the town with five companies of his Majesty's 6gth regiment, to force the bat teries on the sea lice; and Lieutenant-Colonel Drummond, commanding the 2d brigade, had rein forced with the Royal Marines - „of his brigade, the position so - gallantly maintained, by the . Ist brigade, on the West of the River St. Denis. Through the exertions of Major. Taynton, con% manding the Artillery, and of Captain IVlaclntosh of the Bombay Artillery, assisted by - Lieutenant- Colonel Charges of the 6gth regiment, and Lieu tenant Lauhem of his Majesty's ship La I\tereide, commanding a party of fifty seamen, - I was enabled to get ;forward two field pieces, and one four and halt-inch howitzer, which were descending- the mountain, and would have been in action in less than half an hour. This would have insured the result of the premeditated attack; or, in the event of any disaster, secured our retreat, vvhich latter was, in my opinion, next to an impossibility. Affairs were thus situated, when I received a mes sage from the left that the enemy had sent Out a trumpeter, with an Officer, to demand a suspension of arms, and on honourable terms to surrender the island. There was not a moment to be lost in sav ing an enemy completely in our power, and I ac cordingly issued immediate orders for the troops to halt. I am sorry that my situation prevented my com municating, agreeably to his Loidship's orders, with Mr. Farquhar, who was on board of his Majesty's ship Boadicea, upon the: terms which ComMOdore Rowley and myself deemed proper to grant to a brave though vanquished enemy. I should have mentioned before, 'that on my land ing at • Grand Chaloupe, I had detached Capt.Hauua, with two companies of his Majesty's Ist battalion, 56th regiment, to L 3 Possessitne, the batteries of which place he took by assault in the most gallant manner. Thus, Sir, in a few hours, has this rich, exten sive, and valuable colony been added to his gra cious Majesty's dominions, with a population of upwards of one hundred thousand souls, and with a loss on our part comparatively trifling when the na ture of the service is considered, a return of which accompanies this dispatch, with a copy of thy Capi tulation,, The whole of the service has lorten colduatd completely to my satistatiion, that, where praige is thelltn claim of ell, it may be considered invidiot" t o select, ; however, the truly military stye, and rapidity of the movemenl: of rhe first Brigade, calls tor niy mo3t unqualified thanks to Licutonant-Co lonel Fraser, the officers end men under his coat' tumid ; the same is equally due to Lieutenant-Col o ' nels Macleod and Campbell, and the troops uncle t heir orders, who landed under the greatest difficul ties, opposed by the weather and an almost ivaCces - beach. My thanks are further due to Lieutenant-Colon e l i\liod for the gallant manner in which be to o 4 pu6., , ,.ssion of the batteric...) of St. Marie. "I'o Lieutenant-Colonel Drummond, cornmandia 4 the brigade, the service is much indebted for the rapia and etTeOualsuppori which he gave to the Ist, brigade, nor can 1. withhold my approbation of thi s condild of Lieutenant Cottel, of tee Royal Marine-is t who; with the detachment under bis coulwai,d,seteo with the usual intrepidity of that corps. am well aware that I cannot add _to the well earned fame of Commodore Rowley, commanding his Majesty's squadron, whose merit as an Otticer 1$ well known, and duly appreciated ; but I shall o'er teel vatelial for the cordiality with which he has co operated- with nic: throughout the. service ; ai,d, a s ' tar as. the sows of the Expedition depended upo" the Naval arrangement, the praise is unquestion4 )l Y due to him. ' To Captains Ppn, Lambert, Curtis, and Wi l 7 loughby, of the Royal Navy, conlin,mding the t"' gates mentioned in the first part of this dispatcli, th 4l army is infinitely indebted for its effectual and ,speedy debarkation : to Captain Wilkughby, who..o l ° r° immediately superintended the landing to windwal' ci ' and who served with am . ; ty of ieatuen oft shole , my thanks are particularly due; as also to Lieute nants Robb and Lloyd, (I take this opportunity of stating, that the latter Officer was severely woundea on .the 21st September last, when gallantly leatiii ) g . on a party of seamen ; but in the !luny of my patch of that date, his name . wits omitted) of uts Majesty's ship _Boadicea ; Chudds, of the Iphiger•°; and Lauhurn, of the Nereide. I must likewise tal'' ° this - opportunity of expressing my anprobiition the conduct of Licuten - ant.•Pyc, of the Royal M il ' rines, who was wounded while under my court - AP J Oil the ISt at September last. The Commanding Officers of Corps and Deta dr merits, the Heads of Departments, and the whc)le°li the Staif, have merited my warmest approbatiO Captain Parkinson, of his Majesty's 33d regiale ilr ' Deputy-ACitnant-General, commands my p a rtictil 4r thanks, no only for the conduct of bis own ifol Pe ; diate depai talent, but for the active as,ittance he afforded n.e wherever rt.quired.. Major Vernon, the Deputy Quarter-Ma sta' General, has also my thanks for his zeal and tention. Captain Barry, who acted as my Aid-de - c a* l I am likewise much indebted fur the assistance wb - I received from him during the service: Nor can p2S3 over unnoticed the zeal and attiviiy inata' stea . by Lieutenant Blackiston, senior otficur of engi o ' e ov i Upon' this Occasion ; as also that of : Captain Sile Commissary of provisions, who commanded th e $ . O battalion 12th native infantry, from the tirne of I landing, until the immediate service was over. 1 : The judicious arrangements of Dr. Harris, sq e : I ntending surgeon, claims favoUrahle notic e ; does also the zeal and attention of Mr. Surgeo° vies of the Bombay establishment. 4 3 4 The troops without exception, his Majesti n d the Honourable Company's, the Royal Marin e s a s li d seamen, condu6ted themselves with that courag6; energy so truly charaderist.c of British soldiers' r , 0 I have only to regret that the nature of til e „ vice was such to preclude the possibility o ,e- 3 11 t t ij" employing all the troops, as lam well assay t or under any circumstance - of service, Their g3ll'° and good coodud would be conSi.ieuous. cle(s' On the,9th, agreeably to his Lordship' s Ora ' Mr. Farquhar was sworn in Governor of 0 15 CO ' uy and its dependencies, at which cerement rnodore Rowley and myself attended. .031 W 1 I am fully satisfied that tile mild and coociliz, • 00 1 manners of Mr. Farquhar, added to the P l° dii% which British hr.ys afford equally- to all, i1ii 11526 1 , 0 4 have the &feet of placing this bland in tne ti ts flourishing condition, by chewing to the W 131)1 ti t the difference between a just Government , and'vel) tyranny and oppression from which they Ils vd • relieved. th e 0/14 - - Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, \VI O c r P . 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